This course starts in Autumn parallel. This course has teaching/evaluation in Autumn parallel.

Course frequency: Annually

First time: 2016V

Preferential right:

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Course contents:

Tourism as a phenomenon and as an industry. Definitions, terms, characteristics, research and knowledge frontiers. The Tourism system - history and growth. The tourism product. Tourism marketing. Destination development. Environmental, economic and social consequences of tourism. Sustainable tourism.

Learning outcome:

Knowledge:

During the course the students will acquire general knowledge about tourism as a phenomenon and as a business in Norway and internationally.

Skills:

The students will gain skills in identifying actors and structures in the tourism sector. Further be able to carry out simpler analyses of tourism projects, and evaluate economic, social and environmental consequences of tourism.

General competence:

The students shall have competence about tourism in general, and be able to reflect over the role of tourism in society. The course gives a necessary insight into the tourism field before taking the other tourism courses of the master program